Neşet Efendi

Neşet Efendi was born in Mardin in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Mosul (Musul) in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1882/83, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1882/83, shows Muhabere Memuru in Mosul, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1886/87 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kirkuk (Kerkük), the salary going from 300 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mosul). In 1887/88 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mosul, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kirkuk). In 1889/90 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Basra, the salary going from 380 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mosul). In 1891/92 the record shows 3. Müdür in Kut (Kutülamare), the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Basra). In 1892/93 the record shows 2. Müdür in Erbil, the salary going from 600 to 760 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Kut). In 1894/95 the record shows 2. Müdür in Kirkuk, the salary going from 760 to 850 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Erbil). In 1907/08 the record shows 2. Müdür in Baghdad (Bağdat), the salary going from 865 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Kirkuk). In 1909/10 the record shows Müfettiş in Baghdad, the salary going from 1,000 to 1,750 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Baghdad). In 1910/11 the record shows Başmüdür in Van, the salary going from 1,750 to 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Baghdad).

The highest salary, 2,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1910/11 as Başmüdür. 87 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 29 years with a salary the median is 850 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 750 kuruş, is seen in 1909/10. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.87 per cent a year on average.